File:Captain America Comics-1 (March 1941 Timely Comics).jpg
Fair use rationale
{{Non-free image data
| Description = Cover of Captain America Comics #1 (Mar, 1941). Published by Timely Comics. The debut of Captain America. Art by Jack Kirby.
| Source = [https://comixtreme2017.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/biographie-captain-america-terre-616/]
| Portion = Full front cover as published.
| Resolution = 259px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction. Slight higher resolution to preserve cover detail legibility
| other_information = {{Marvel-Comics-trademark-copyright|1941}}
}}
{{Non-free image rationale
| Article = Captain America
| Purpose = Illustration of a specific point within the article.
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It illustrates an educational article about the publisher of the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context.
- The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Captain America Comics #1.
- The image is from the comic in which Captain America first appeared, an issue that is therefore of historical significance to the character and that is discussed at length in the article.
- The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book.
- The character and comic book are copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
| Replaceability = No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
}}
{{Non-free image rationale
| Article = Jack Kirby
| Purpose = Illustration of the artist's work.
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It illustrates an educational article about the publisher of the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context.
- The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Captain America Comics #1.
- The image is from the comic in which Captain America first appeared, an issue that is therefore of historical significance to the character and that is discussed at length in the article.
- The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book.
- The character and comic book are copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
| Replaceability = No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
}}
{{Non-free image rationale
| Article = Joe Simon
| Purpose = Illustration of the artist's work. Also, one of the writer's signature series/characters.
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It illustrates an educational article about the publisher of the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context.
- The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Captain America Comics #1.
- The image is from the comic in which Captain America first appeared, an issue that is therefore of historical significance to the character and that is discussed at length in the article.
- The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book.
- The character and comic book are copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
| Replaceability = No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
}}
{{Non-free image rationale
| Article = Timely Comics
| Purpose = Illustration of an example within the article of one of the publications of the article's subject.
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It illustrates an educational article about the publisher of the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context.
- The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Captain America Comics #1.
- The image is from the comic in which Captain America first appeared, an issue that is therefore of historical significance to the character and that is discussed at length in the article.
- The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book.
- The character and comic book are copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
| Replaceability = No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
}}
{{Non-free image rationale
| Article = Adolf Hitler in popular culture
| Purpose = Illustration of an example within the article of one of the publications of the article's subject.
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It illustrates an educational article about the publisher of the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context.
- The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Captain America Comics #1.
- The image is from the comic in which Captain America first appeared, an issue that is therefore of historical significance to the character and that is discussed at length in the article.
- The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book.
- The character and comic book are copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
| Replaceability = No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
}}
{{Non-free image rationale
| Article = Captain America Comics
| Purpose = Illustration of an example within the article of one of the publications of the article's subject.
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It illustrates an educational article about the publisher of the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context.
- The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Captain America Comics #1.
- The image is from the comic in which Captain America first appeared, an issue that is therefore of historical significance to the character and that is discussed at length in the article.
- The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the book.
- The character and comic book are copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
| Replaceability = No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
}}
Licensing
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